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12018-08-27T18:28:00-07:00Emma Cones5843638d9869213592e0134afed3eb0585ed3a5a312231Side by side comparison portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte and a portrait Wiley made in inspiration of this well known painting. This was one of the photo comparisons that helped the kids understand how to execute their projects.plain2018-08-27T18:28:01-07:00Emma Cones5843638d9869213592e0134afed3eb0585ed3a5a
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12018-08-27T18:10:44-07:00Kehinde Wiley Self Portrait project9visual_path2020-03-26T09:51:26-07:00This was the first assignment the students were given. The African American artist Kehinde Wiley creates portraits of mainly black, Latino and Asian people he meets on the street all over the world (United States, Israel, Brazil, Sri Lanka) and paints them like old Renaissance paintings of European royalty. The students were asked to make their own self portraits based off of his work. The focus for the project was for the students to use their own interpretation of Wiley's work and draw themselves as kings and queens. The picture above is a side by side comparison of Wiley's 2005 painting, " Napoleon Leading the Army Over the Alps" and Jacque Louis David's 1801 painting, "Napoleon Crossing the Alps. This was one of the photo comparisons used to help the students execute their projects.
